Long Term Care Resources Program

Aging at Home Program
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On April 14, 1999, over 100 people gathered in Research Triangle Park to celebrate the conclusion of the successful Aging at Home Program. Made possible by funding from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, the Aging at Home Program was a partnership between the Trust; the North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance; Duke Long Term Care Resources Program, which provided program management; and forty projects serving thirty-nine North Carolina counties. On hand to celebrate the success of the Aging at Home Program and to congratulate the project were Dr. David Bruton, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Dick Perruzzi, Director, and Bruce Steel, Chief of Community Care for the Division of Medical Assistance; John Frank, Director of the Health Care Division of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust; and Dr. George Maddox, Director of the Duke Long Term Care Resources Program. Representatives from the Aging at Home III sites with John Frank, Director, Health Care Division, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. As a result of funding and technical assistance from the Aging at Home Program, the forty projects served 1,572 new clients, most of whom were frail, low-income elderly. Many of the thirty-nine counties served were among the most disadvantaged in the state, including Hyde, Warren, Vance, Northampton, Clay, Graham, Hertford and Jones. The three initiatives of the Aging at Home Program cooperated extensively with the Medicaid Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults, which is administered through the Division of Medical Assistance. CAP/DA assists elderly and disabled adults who have nursing home level needs and qualify for Medicaid to stay at home. Aging at Home helped CAP/DA go statewide by providing start-up funding to the twelve counties in North Carolina that did not have the program as of late 1994. By January 1996, all of North Carolina's 100 counties had operational CAP/DA Programs. Most recently, the Aging at Home Program has helped seventeen CAP/DA Programs serving eighteen North Carolina counties expand their capacity to meet unmet need. Those counties, in relatively disadvantaged areas of the state, decreased waiting lists and, in many instances, waiting time for CAP/DA services. As an important part of the event, staff members from the projects shared poignant stories of how they assist clients and their families with basic needs such as in-home aide care, housing and food, and special needs related to dying at home. Guest speaker for the April 14 event was Elise J. Bolda, PhD, from the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. Dr. Bolda's topic was "Using Client Assessment Information to Improve Programs." Her presentation was a feature of Duke LTC's Teaching Communities Program, which helps communities share information about long term care services. Aging at Home Program projects will continue to be in contact with one another through the Teaching Communities Network. For more information on the successful conclusion of the Aging at Home program, review The Aging at Home Program: A Successful Partnership in Caring. The Aging at Home Program was made possible by the generosity of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, which was established in 1947 by the will of Mrs. William N. Reynolds of Winston-Salem. Three fourths of the income of the Trust is designated for use by health-related programs and services across North Carolina, and one fourth is designated for the poor and needy of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. (See a map of Aging at Home Program.) back to top

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